McDaniel Receives a Network Overhaul
McDaniel’s campus network has been undergoing a variety of updates throughout the summer. The college has invested over $1 million in hopes of addressing long-standing concerns among the campus community,…
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The Future of Ting Fiber Internet at McDaniel
The possibility of a change to McDaniel internet is on the horizon. When Ting, an internet service provider and mobile virtual network operator, lit up in August of 2015 in Westminster,…
Ting: Faster than Fast
The Internet is used for the majority of tasks we perform in our technology-based society. We use it for our research, our restaurant reviews, and our news. Without the Internet,…
Targeted Advertising Online: Good or Bad Use of Personal Information?
Millions of Americans browse the Internet daily, or at least once a week. You may have noticed while browsing the Internet that sometimes ads seem suspiciously relevant to your life….
Comparing or Connecting: What McDaniel Students Feel about Facebook
I keep listening to the same conversation on campus over and over. It starts like this: “I can’t focus on my homework; it’s almost inevitable to check my Facebook.” Or…
What is Google really doing for you?
I enjoy Google. It corrects me when I spell incorrectly and it makes surfing the web a whole lot easier. But what does Google really do for you? A new…
McDaniel Continues to Increase Bandwidth
Faster Internet is not just a hope for students at McDaniel, it’s an ongoing process. Esther Iglich, chief information officer at the IT department, said, “Every one to two years…
The Big Deal Behind Protect IP and SOPA
Depending on where one goes on the Internet, people generally find two narratives about this bill. One of which often proposed by the critics is how this bill will stifle…
The Fight to Save the Internet: Net Neutrality
How would you feel if you had to pay extra money to get your internet to load faster, or to visit certain websites? How about not being able to watch…